MELIORISM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MELIORISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELIORISM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELIORISM is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELIORISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
meliorismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELIORISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MELIORISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELIORISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MELIORISM
- MELIORISM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MELIORISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The view that the world can be made better through human effort.
Meliorism sits between optimism, which expects things to improve anyway, and pessimism, which expects them to worsen. A believer in meliorism holds that progress is possible but not automatic, and that people must work for it.
How MELIORISM is used
Mostly used in philosophy and social thought.
- Her meliorism led her to volunteer rather than complain.
- The essay defends meliorism against both naive hope and despair.
- Reformers of the era were driven by a quiet meliorism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELIORISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELIORISM
1 longer words begin with MELIORISM.
Shorter words from the letters in MELIORISM
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Common questions about MELIORISM
- Is MELIORISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELIORISM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELIORISM worth?
- MELIORISM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELIORISM mean?
- The view that the world can be made better through human effort.
- What letters can be added to MELIORISM?
- MELIORISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MELIORISM:
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